(1) Candidates shall be notified to the competent election commission for registration by handing over the recommendation sheets to them.

(2) Voters who wish to stand as an independent candidate and nominating organisations that wish to put forward a candidate shall hand over all recommendation sheets they received to the election office by the deadline set for the notification of candidates. In case of a breach of this obligation, the election commission with competence in registering the candidate shall issue a fine, proceeding ex officio. The amount of the fine shall be 1 000 forints for every missing recommendation sheet.

(3) A fine shall not be issued on recommendation sheets handed over on the next day after the deadline according to (2) in case the recommendation sheet is without any recommendations.

(4) The election commission shall take a decision whether or not to impose the fine within eight days after the expiry of the deadline as specified in (2).